[RWG] PCA: Bimonthly Meeting Agenda for Mar. 12, 2008 (Arlington, VA)

[Olivia Kwong]

Anyone that is interested is invited to come to the meeting.  This message
has been cross-posted to all the PCA discussion lists.

Olivia Kwong
SER/PCA
http://www.nps.gov/plants/

The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) Bi-Monthly Meeting is an open forum
for anyone interested or working in plant conservation. The meeting is
held every other month in the Washington DC metropolitan area. There is
roundtable for attendees to share relevant events, as well as updates from
each of the PCA working groups and committees. Regular attendees include
representatives from the PCA Federal agencies and from Cooperating
organizations; however anyone is welcome to attend this meeting. Past
meeting summaries and selected presentations are available at
http://www.nps.gov/plants/meetings/bimonthly/index.htm.

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          PLANT CONSERVATION ALLIANCE GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

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                            Wednesday, March 12, 2007
                                9:30 - 11:30 AM

                   LOCATION: Conference Room at NatureServe
                             1101 Wilson Boulevard, 15th Floor
                             Arlington, VA 22209

(Take the Orange or Blue Line to Rosslyn Station. Go to 1101 Wilson Blvd.
Enter through the main entrance (the Post Office will be to the right
inside) and take the elevators up one level to the" Mall" level. Then exit
the elevator and find another set of elevators (around the corner) that
goes up to the 15th floor NatureServe reception desk.)

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               AGENDA

               9:30 Introductions
               9:35 Announcements/Communications
               9:55 Updates on Activities

                    - Alien Plant Working Group
                    - Medicinal Plant Working Group
                    - Native Plant Materials Development Working Group
                    - Public Outreach Working Group
                    - Restoration Working Group
                    - NFWF
                    - MOU
                    - NGO Committee

               10:30 Andrea Kramer (BGCI-US) - Overview of Botanic Gardens
                     Conservation International in the United States

               11:25 Closing Remarks
               11:30 Adjourn

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                           UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
                       [2nd Wednesday of alternate months]

                 - Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 9:30-11:30 AM
                   Robert E. Snieckus (National Landscape Architect, USDA
                   NRCS) - Sustainable Landscapes at the Whitten
                   NatureServe Headquarters, Arlington, VA

                 - Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 9:30-11:30 AM
                   John McCarty (Chief Landscape Architect, BLM) - TBA
                   NatureServe Headquarters, Arlington, VA